Seal Depicting Scorpion with Notch and Arrow/Spade (Side A) and Fringed Cross with Quadrangle Filled by Single Notches (Side B) / Left: Seal and impression of Side A; Right: Seal and impression of Side B / Prehistoric; Creation date: 4000-3700 BCE

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Work Title: Seal Depicting Scorpion with Notch and Arrow/Spade (Side A) and Fringed Cross with Quadrangle Filled by Single Notches (Side B)
View Title: Left: Seal and impression of Side A; Right: Seal and impression of Side B
Creator/Culture: Culture: Iranian
Site/Repository: Discovery location: Tepe Giyan (Lorestān, Iran); Repository: Kelsey Museum of Ancient and Medieval Archaeology (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA) ID: 1991.3.103
Period/Date: Prehistoric; Creation date: 4000-3700 BCE
Media/Technique: rock, carving
Dimensions: 2.0x1.8 cm (.79x.71 inches)
Subjects: Seals (Identifying artifacts); Crosses (Motifs); Scorpions
Work Record ID: 547239
Image Record ID: 1304062
Digital filename: 09d001317
Classification Filing Number: 415H; B; 95SCQ; *.digitalonly
HART Image Order Number: 240163
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 08:19:51

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2960 x 2734
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 1304062
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1304062/09d001317

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1304062. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1304062/09d001317. April 19, 2024.